Stove-top



UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. PRICE, OF FRAOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOVE-TO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,375, dated July 24,1894.

Application filed March 26, 1894. Serial No. 505,167. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

3e it. known that I, WILLIAM G. PRICE, a

cltlZGIl of the United States, residing at Frackv1lle,in the county ofSchuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and use fulStoVeTop, of which the following is a specification. Myinvention isrelated to an improvement in that class of stove tops which are mountedso as to be capable of'swinging on the stove; and the object is toprovide improved means for effecting this operation, and such that maybe operated with greater ease, and be less liable to disorder.

To these ends the invention consists in the peculiar mode of combiningthe top with a counterbalancing weight and operating rod, all of whichwill be more fully described herelnafter, and finally embodied in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 represents a plan view of a stovesupplied with my improvements; Fig. 2 a cross-section of the top lookingrearwardly; Fig. 3 a perspective view of the counterbalancing weight andoperating lever showing the connection with the swinging lid; Fig. 4 adetail section showing the construction of the lids and top;

Fig. 5 a detail perspective further illustrating this point; Fig. 6 aview of a second species of lever and weight mechanism; I

The reference numeral 1 indicates the body of the stove, which may beconstructed in any preferred way, and is provided with the top proper 2.Formed in the top 2 and extending over the entire space occupied by thefire, is the opening 3, which is rectangular in shape and adapted forthe reception of the independently movable lidframes 4. These devices 4are preferably two in number and of the same size and shape and operateto jointly fill the opening 3.

Formed around the edge of the opening 3 is the rabbet-groove 5, which.extends around the entire edge of the opening, and, together with thecross-bar 6, operates to support the frames 4, they being adapted to liein the rabbet-groove 5, so as to be flush with the upper surface of thetop 2. The frames 4 are also formed with a rabbet-groove 7, whichcorresponds with the groove 5, and is adapted to lie therein.

Formed on the rear side of the frames 4, and at each end thereof, arethe lugs 8 and 9, which project rearwardly therefrom, and are arrangedin the recesses 10 and 11, formed for their reception in the top 2. Therecess 10 is in the center of the top and adapted for the reception ofboth thelugs 8 of each frame, while recesses 11 are two in number, oneat each side, and adapted respectively for the reception of the adjacentlugs 9.

Secured rigidly to the lugs 8, and projecting a short distance inwardtherefrom are the trunnions 12, which are one for each lug, and areembraced at their inner ends by the plate 13 secured to the top 2 justrearward of recess 10, and projecting forwardly and downwardly so as toform a hook for embracing the trunnions 12. By this means the innercorners of the frames 4 are pivoted in place and allowed to swing onsuch pivots, as will more fully appear hereinafter.

The lugs 9 are each provided with the trunnions 14,Which are securedthereto, and which project out laterally from the lugs through therecesses 11 and through the passages 15, formed in the side of the top 2and extending nearly to the edge thereof. From the end of the passages15 the trunnions 14 extend downwardly and rearwardly for a slightdistance, and then curve horizontally and rearwardly, and are providedat such horizontal portions with the weights 16. These weights are adjustable on the rods or trunnions 14 by means of the set-screws 17,whereby the force exerted by the weights may be regulated, as is wellunderstood. Pivotally connected to each of the trunnions 14, at thepoint where the horizontal and rearward portions begin, arethelongitudinal rods 18. These rods 18 are two in number, one for eachtrunnion 14, and the connection therewith may be by any means, it being,of course, essential that it be a pivotal one. From the trunnions 14 therods 18 extend forward and through the eyes 19 on the front edge of thestove; after which they are formed with the bails or handles 20 at theirextreme forward ends. The function of the eyes 19 is of a two-foldcharacter, Viz., to furnish a support for the front ends of the rods 18,and to co-operate with the teeth 21, formed on the under side of therods. These teeth 21 extend for a short distance along the rod, and bytheir means it may be locked at various longitudinal positions.

Formed in the frames 4, and occupying the major portion of the same, arethe circular openings 22, which are each formed with the rabbet-grooves23 in their periphery. These openings 22 are adapted for the receptionof the lids 24, which are of a size equal to that of the openings, andformed with the downwardly opening rabbetgrooves 25 therein. These areadapted to match with the grooves 23, and to form a tight jointtherewith. In order that the lids 24: be retained in their proper placeswhen the frames 4 are raised I provide the lids with the studs 26, whichare located oppositely on their widest periphery and are adapted to passthrough the notches 27 in the edge of the openings 22. Formed in theopenings 22 and directly adjacent to the notches 27 are the horizontalslots 28 which extend in opposite directions from the notches 2'7, andare adapted to receive and retain the studs 26.

The lids 24: are placed in the openings 22, so that the studs 26register with notches 27, and allowed to pass down as far as possible,whereupon the lids are turned to engage the studs 26 and slots 28, andby these means the lids are held in place.

To remove the lids they are turned in an opposite direction, thusdisengaging the studs and slots, and permitting the complete removal ofthe lids. It will be seen that the rods 18 are arranged on the outsideof the stove and parallel with the sides, so that they are protectedfrom the excessive heat of the fire-box and allowed free movement intheir respective lines.

To raise the frames 4 and their attached lids, the rods 18 are slightlyraised to disengage the teeth 21 and eyes 19 and make it possible tomove the rods forward. This operation will swing rods 14: downwardly andforwardly and cause the frames 4 to be raised, thus opening the top ofthe stove. Both of the frames may be raised, or they may be allowed tooperate independently if so desired. The weights 16 are to be ofsufficient size to nearly counterbalance the frames 4 and their attachedlids, so that but little force is required to lift the frames. By meansof the teeth 21 and eyes 19 the frames 4 may be partially raised andheld so, in order to permit the entry of air into the fire-box, whendesired to cool off the stove.

The form of my invention, which is shown in Fig. 6, is a means wherebythe counterbalancing weight may be placed at the rear of the stove, asmay be necessary or preferred in some cases. To eifect this thetrnnnio11- rods or levers 14 are not bent horizontally below the top 2,but are pivotally connected to the rods 18 at their lower ends. From thelevers 14. the rods 18 extend rearwardly to the rear side of the stove,and are there pivoted to the bend in the auxiliary levers 20, which areformed with longitudinally and rearwardly extending portions providedwith the weights 16, as in the other form. The remaining ends of levers29 are bent upwardly and pivoted to the rear of the stove. Thus theframes 4 are counter-balanced, and the rods 18 in position to bereached, so as to raise the frames Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a stove top having an opening formed therein, alid frame arranged in the opening, a rod rigidly secured at one end tothe frame and extending out horizontally to form a trunnion and thencedownwardly and horizontally, a weight fixed to the downward andhorizontally extending portion, and a second rod pivotally connected tothe first and extending forwardly therefrom, whereby the rod may beswung on its trunnion and the lid frame raised, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination with a stove top l1aving an opening formed thereinand extending entirely over the fire-box, of two independently movablelid frames arranged in the opening, and adapted to cover or uncover thesame, and independently operating rods pivotally connected to theframes, whereby each may be raised or lowered irrespective of theposition of the other, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a stove having an opening in its top, of a lidframe hinged to the stove and adapted to close the opening therein, acounterbalancing weight connected to the lid frame and operating to helpit move upwardly, and a rod connected to the lid frame and capable ofbeing moved to raise the same, substantially as specified.

4-. The combination with a stove top having an opening formed therein,of a lid frame fitting in the opening, trnnnions on the frame IIO andjournaled in the stove top, whereby the 1 frame may swing to cover anduncover the opening, and an operating rod connected to the frame andadapted to furnish a means for manipulating the same, substantially asdescribed. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM G. PRICE. Witnesses:

II. K. WESTON, GEORGE S. RABER.

